Love Poems (Part 1)

Love Poems (Part 1)

In my last post, I discussed guilty pleasures and their relationship to self-acceptance. Well, here’s another guilty pleasure of mine: writing poetry, and in this case, love poems. But I am not ashamed of this. It is an expression of myself, an expression of truth. How could I be ashamed of Truth?

Almost every problem in the world can be attributed, if you trace it back far enough, to a lack of love and connection. I think the same can be said for illness: when we don’t get the love we need, our bodies are less likely to remain healthy.

Instead of going into reasons why this happens, which would take a considerable amount of time and consideration, I’ve decided to share a number of love poems. Allow yourself to read them slowly, take them in, and sit with them for a while if you want. Allow yourself to feel loved and accepted. Enjoy.

I Will Teach You How to Sing

Lover, when I find you, I will give you the ocean

and show you who made it.

I will teach you how to sing

from your soul rather than from your brain.

You will never know loneliness.

I will ensure that you never learn that word.

We will revel in the joy that we are.

If I knew how to braid hair, I would braid

yours into pictures. Each would carry the

same message: I adore you.

I love you with every breath in my body.

And when my lungs finally gasp out, I will love you

as the sprouting trees. I’ll become the birds that eat

their fruits, and in that feathered form, I’ll be

your soul singer each morning when you awake.

But why wait? I am with you even now, and already

all this has begun.

-

Staring into the Sun

looking into your face is

like staring into the sun,

but I will happily blind myself

to see this light of life

-

For more on the subject of love and self-acceptance, refer to some of the other blog posts, especially my last one, entitled “Guilty Pleasures.” Click here to read "Love Poems (Part 2)."

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